Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of three awarded to Private l. T. Blair, 1st Canadian Mounted Rifles

Military Medal, G.V.R. (216318 P/C L. T. Blain 1st .Can. M.R. Bn. Can. Forces.) minor official correction to unit; British War and Victory Medals (216318 Pte. L. T. Blair 1st. C.M.R.) BWM and VM both officially re-impressed, slight staining to VM, very fine (3) £240-£280

M.M. London Gazette 11 March 1919.

Lewis Troy Blair was born in Alexander, Manitobia, on 5 July 1895, and attested for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force at Winnipeg on 25 January 1916, having previously served with the 100th Winnipeg Grenadiers.